Raymii.org

Table of Contents

• Download
• Install and Usage
• Changelog

This is a nagios plugin which you can use to check if a CRL (Certificate Revocation List, public list with revoked certificates) is still valid. This is based on the check_crl.py plugin from Michele Baldessari. It is modified it so that it checks the time in minutes (for more precision) instead of days, it has a GMT time comparison bug fixed and I've added error handling so that if the plugin cannot get a crl file (because the webserver is down) it gives a Critical error in nagios.

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Install and Usage

This guide covers the steps needed for Ubuntu 10.04/12.04 and Debian 6. It should also work on other distro's, but make sure to modify the commands where needed.

Make sure you have openssl, python3 and a module needed by the script installed on the nagios host:

apt-get install python3 openssl python-m2crypto

Now place the script on the host. I've placed in /etc/nagios/plugins/check crl.py_.

wget -O /etc/nagios/plugins/check_crl.py http://raymii.org/s/inc/downloads/check_crl.py

Make sure the script is executable:

chmod +x /etc/nagios/plugins/check_crl.py

Now test the script. I'm using the URL of the Comodo CA CRL file which is the CA that signed my certificate for raymii.org.

/etc/nagios/plugins/check_crl.py -u http://crl.comodoca.com/PositiveSSLCA2.crl -w 480 -c 360
OK CRL Expires in 5109 minutes (on Thu May  9 07:30:32 2013 GMT)

/etc/nagios/plugins/check_crl.py -u http://crl.comodoca.com/PositiveSSLCA2.crl -w 5200 -c 360
WARNING CRL Expires in 5108 minutes (on Thu May  9 07:30:32 2013 GMT)

/etc/nagios/plugins/check_crl.py -u http://crl.comodoca.com/PositiveSSLCA2.crl -w 5000 -c 5300
CRITICAL CRL Expires in 5108 minutes (on Thu May  9 07:30:32 2013 GMT)

Lets add the nagios command:

define command{
    command_name    crl_check
    command_line    /etc/nagios-plugins/check_crl.py -u $ARG1$ -w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$
}

And lets add the command to a service check:

define service {
        use                             generic-service
        host_name                       localhost
        service_description             Comodo PositiveSSL CA2 CRL
        contact                         nagiosadmin                 
        check_command                   crl_check!http://crl.comodoca.com/PositiveSSLCA2.crl!24!12
}

The above service check runs on the nagios defined host "localhost", uses the (default) service template "generic-service" and had the contact "nagiosadmin". As you can see, the URL maps to $ARG1$, the warning hours to $ARG2$ and the critical hours to $ARG3$. This means that if the field "Next Update:" is less then 8 hours in the future you get a warning and if it is less then 6 hours you get a critical.

Changelog

03-04-2013: - Changed time to minutes for more precision - Fixed timezone bug by comparing GMT with GMT

06-11-2012: - Changed checking interval from dates to hours - Added error catching if a crl file cannot be retrieved.

Tags: certificates , crl , monitoring , nagios , openssl , revoke , software , ssl